Cuspidor.



A. C. MURDOGK. GUSPIDOR.

APPLIGATION IILED APR.8, 1913.

1,074,521. Patented Sept. 30,1913.

\1 gumiimnnml WEED ALLEN C. MURDOCK, 0F INLET, NEWYORK," ASSIGNOR, OF'ONE -HAL'F TO GERALD A,

PATENT @FFlCE KENWEL'L, or INLET, NEW YORK;

GUSPIDOR.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3:0, 1913.

Application fileflAPF S r al 9,735 v To alt whomitmag concern:

.Be it known that I, ALLEN MURDOGK,.

a citizen of the United: States, residing at Inlet, in the county of; Hamilton. andyState of New Yorlnhave invented new and useful.

Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention; relates to cuspidors and;

has for an object to provide a. cuspidor particularly adapted for use on vehicles such. as railroad coaches, electric cars and other conveyances of a similar nature,

The invention embodies, more particu-- larly, a, cuspidor which is preferably arranged in the panels forming the inner walls of the car and which is nor-mallyheldi inv a. closed position',,tl1e said cuspidorbeing' arranged so thatit can be readily swung to the ground exteriorl'y-of the conveyanceor vehicle,

WVith this object in view the;- invention embodies a clean and sanitary ouspidor which, when not in use, will; not; be visible to the casual observer in the conveyance or vehicle, and which. will not, be exposed to the atmosphere of the conveyance when not in use.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts. in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a vehicle, looking at a wall of the interior thereof, and showing a panel having my cuspidor supported thereon, the cuspidor being shown in front elevation and in closed position; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1, the dotted lines indicating the open position of the cuspidor; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in 1.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a panel 10 forming a part of the inner wall of a car 11, the said panel being arranged between the usual seats of the car and provided with a rectangular opening 12,

jthe; upper and lower walls.- of theopening jform ng edges 13 in the panel, when; the {opening is made, with the said edges bevel; led: as shown in the views,

jjo-urnaled in the walls 15 of the car 11, each of'the said supporting; members consisting of. a; stem 16; revoluble in the wall and an integralcircularhead 17 formed at one end of the stem, a. receptacle 18 being 5 interposed between; the supporting-members 14:, with, the heads1l7 rigidly secured tothe receptacle so that the receptaclewill be swingingly supported on the walls 15}, the Slld receptacle bemg open at both ends and.

having the front wall 19v thereof constitutlng a. part of the panel 10 when the receptacle is in closed position. As mentioned heretofore, theedges l3-constituting; the upper-- and lower,- walls of the opening 12 are beveled and similarly theupper and lower, edges of the front wallof the receptacle 18 are beveled, sothat the beveled edges of the front wall:- of the receptacle engaging. the beveled edges ofthe; panel will limit the closing movement of the receptacle, as

shown, a, plurality of springs. 20.- being an ranged: to; encircle the stems. of the support- .ing members 14, with the inner ends ofthe sprlngs secured to the receptacle and the outer ends secured to the stems so that the s i 'vrings w l tend to normal y wi g the. receptacle into closed position. A plate 21 11s preferably secured to the front wall 19 and when the operator presses on the plate it will be apparent that the receptacle will swing into open position against the action of the springs 20 so that the upper open end of the receptacle will lie within the interior of the car, whereas the moment the pressure on the plate 21 is discontinued the action of the springs 20 will return the receptacle to closed position so that the same will lie in the rear of the panel 10 and the front wall of the receptacle 18 will form a part of the panel to close the opening 12 therein.

The rear wall 22 of the receptacle 18 is preferably inclined toward the lower end thereof so that the contents of the receptacle will readily gravitate into a pipe 23 secured in the rear of the panel 10 and immediately beneath the receptacle, the said pipe including a flared head 24 adapted to be engaged by the lower end of the receptacle when the A plurality of s-upportingmembers 14. are

same is swung into open position to limit the opening movement of the receptacle in the same manner that the beveled edges of the panel 10 limit the closing movement of the receptacle.

It will now be apparent that when the receptacle is in normal and closed position it will not be visible to the persons seated in the car and will not be open to the atmosphere of the car, thus preventing any disagreeable odor from sputum or tobacco previously projected into the receptacle from permeating the atmosphere within the car or vehicle. Now when it is desired to use the cuspidor described, pressure is exerted on the plate 21, thus swinging the upper end of the receptacle within the interior of the car so that the excretion can be readily projected into the receptacle, after which the pressureon the plate is released and the springs 20 will then return the receptacle to closed position, while the matter received in the receptacle will gravitate therein and pass into the pipe 23, the lower end of the said pipe being adapted to pass exteriorly of the car so that the matter received in the receptacle will flow exteriorly of the car to the ground. 4

It should be particularly noted that when the receptacle 18 is swung into an open position the opening movement of the receptacle will be limited by the lower end of the receptacle engaging the flared head 24 of the pipe 28, and it should be further noted that when the receptacle is in normal and closed position the main body of the receptacle will lie outside of the panels of the car, while at the same time the front wall of the receptacle will form a part of the panel and at the same time limit the closing moveof the invent-ion is defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 77 In a cuspidor for cars including an apertured panel supported on the walls thereof a plurality of supporting members -journaled on the walls of the car, a receptacle swingingly supported on the said support ing members and interposed therebetween, the sald receptacle including a front beveled wall adapted to engage beveled edges of the panel and constitute a portion of the vpanel when the receptacle is in closed position,

springs carried by the supporting members and engaging the receptacle to swing the receptacle from anopen to a closed position and normally hold the receptacle in closed position, a conduit arranged beneath the receptacle and in the rear of the said panel, and a flared head projecting upwardly from the conduit and adapted to be engaged by the receptacle to limit the opening swinging movement thereof, the front wall of the said receptacle engaging the said panel to close the aperture therein and being adapted to limit the closing swinging movement of the V receptacle.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN G. MURDOCK. Witnesses:

Gr. A. :KENWEIiL, O. R. MURDOOK.

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Washington, I). 0. 

